Jewish Art by Herman Gold

Jewish Art by Herman Gold Herman Gold — Jewish artist, 92. Working since 1949. Honored Artist of Ukraine. Made aliyah at 88 and living in Israel since 2022. Still painting every day. Giller.

Shop original Jewish art at www.herman-gold.com. I am a Jewish artist and Honored Painter of Ukraine, now living in Israel. I was born in Kursk in 1933. During World War II I was in evacuation, where my little sister died. After the war, my father was also gone. Since the age of 13, I have been engaged in the only thing I love, creating life on the canvas. In 1949, I enrolled in the Yelets Art Sch

ool, where I studied under outstanding A. Kurnakov, V. Dudchenko and B. Since the end of the 1950s I began to create a Jewish series of paintings, which I am still working on. In 1960-1962, I lived and worked in the studio of N.N. Zhukov, National Artist of the USSR. In 1964, I joined the Union of Artists of the USSR. Since 1980, I lived and worked in Kyiv. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. In 2008 I was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. In 2022 the war came to Ukraine again and today I continue my artistic journey in Israel, with an immense gratitude to my historical homeland and an immense pain for Ukraine. My paintings appear in Kyiv National Museum of Modern Art, National Museum "Kyiv Picture Gallery" (Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art), Ukrainian National Museum of Literature, Sholom Aleichem Museum, USSR Academy of Sciences, as well as in private collections in USA, UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Australia, Greece, and Israel.

Happy Shavuot!Gift from The Almighty2000, Oil on Canvas, 92x62
21/05/2026

Happy Shavuot!

Gift from The Almighty
2000, Oil on Canvas, 92x62

For many years, Jerusalem came to me in dreams. I dreamed of its streets, its stones, its scents, its sounds, its people...
14/05/2026

For many years, Jerusalem came to me in dreams. I dreamed of its streets, its stones, its scents, its sounds, its people. I first saw Jerusalem with my own eyes at 88, when I made aliyah. And it was exactly as I had imagined it: deeply familiar, and at the same time magnificent.

Happy Jerusalem Day, my friends!

Today marks 128 years since Golda's birth. Her portrait was the very first one I made after making aliyah. I worked on i...
03/05/2026

Today marks 128 years since Golda's birth.

Her portrait was the very first one I made after making aliyah. I worked on it obsessively, without pause — and only took a breath late that night, when I laid down the final stroke.

At 92, I am still painting Israel.I left my childhood home twice.Once as a boy in 1941.And again as an old man in 2022.T...
22/04/2026

At 92, I am still painting Israel.

I left my childhood home twice.
Once as a boy in 1941.
And again as an old man in 2022.

This time, I came home.

Israel turns 78 this week.
I turn 93 this year.
In some way, we have walked the same road.

Chag Sameach.

22/04/2026
Дорогие друзья! Сегодня вечером в Нетании в «Галерее на скале» открывается выставка, в которой я принимаю участие. Буду ...
12/11/2025

Дорогие друзья! Сегодня вечером в Нетании в «Галерее на скале» открывается выставка, в которой я принимаю участие. Буду рад видеть всех!

Dear friends, today we are opening an exhibition in Netanya and I’m excited to take part in it. Would be happy to see each of you!

С наступающим 5786 годом! Happy New Year! שנה טובהMay the new year bring us peace.Пусть он принесет нам мир.---Kiddush20...
22/09/2025

С наступающим 5786 годом! Happy New Year! שנה טובה

May the new year bring us peace.

Пусть он принесет нам мир.

---
Kiddush
2013, Oil On Canvas, 60x35

Кидуш
2013, холст/масло, 60х35

Этюд «Женщина в синем», 1965 год. Я часто наблюдал за людьми — за их жестами, движением, настроением.Этот момент был мим...
14/05/2025

Этюд «Женщина в синем», 1965 год.

Я часто наблюдал за людьми — за их жестами, движением, настроением.
Этот момент был мимолётным: девушка ест кукурузу, с каким-то почти детским увлечением, не замечая, что на неё смотрят.

Я запомнил не только её позу, но и лёгкость, с которой она была “в себе”.
Без притворства. Без намерения. Просто настоящая.

Иногда один этюд может рассказать больше, чем законченная картина.
Это был именно такой случай.

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Etude “Woman in blue”, 1965.

I’ve always enjoyed observing people — their gestures, their movements, their moods.
This moment was fleeting: a young woman eating corn with almost childlike focus, unaware that someone was quietly watching her.

What struck me wasn’t just her pose, but the ease with which she was simply herself.
No performance. No intention. Just presence.

Sometimes a quick study can say more than a finished painting.
This was one of those times.

Вчера был День матери.И я вновь посмотрел на эту картину. На ней — моя мама и я, совсем маленький, ещё младенец.Я написа...
12/05/2025

Вчера был День матери.
И я вновь посмотрел на эту картину. На ней — моя мама и я, совсем маленький, ещё младенец.

Я написал эту работу много лет спустя, уже взрослым, с сотнями других картин за плечами. Но эта — особенная. Я пытался не просто передать её облик, а остановить время. Сохранить то мгновение, когда мама держит меня, согревает, защищает.

Её глаза — полны любви и тревоги. Это взгляд женщины, которая уже многое пережила, но в этот момент — просто мама. Тёплая, сильная, настоящая.

Сейчас мне 91. Я пишу уже более 75 лет. И всё, что я делаю — во многом благодаря ей.

Каждой своей работой я как будто снова и снова говорю:
"Спасибо тебе, мама".

Берегите своих матерей. Они дают нам больше, чем мы сможем когда-либо выразить словами.

Ghetto Children2017, Oil on Canvas, 70x50Дети гетто2017, холст/масло, 70х50
24/04/2025

Ghetto Children
2017, Oil on Canvas, 70x50

Дети гетто
2017, холст/масло, 70х50

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